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Ep. 7 – Drugs: Turning the Head or Turning On
Alan Watts Being in the Way
What Should Be Public Policy With Regard to Morality?
I feel very strongly that in a country where we value freedom, we must not attempt to legislate morality. In other words, go going back to even the basic religious ideas about moral behavior. It's fundamental to both jewish and christian thinking that an action is not significantly moral if it's done under compulsion. If you stay faithful to your wife merely because you are afraid of the consequences adultery, you are not a truly faithful husband. You can take risks which are not under your control. You don't know what to do with it. And what should be public policy with regard to these things?
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